Kurt Helin of ProBasketballTalk explains the new policy on concussions and what Kobe Bryant has to pass to get back on the floor tonight against the Minnesota Timberwolves:

Before the season started, Kobe (and every NBA player) took a computer test that had them answer questions about numbers sequences, patterns and the like. From that test, a baseline is established of a player’s reaction times.

After a concussion, a player has to take that test again and perform about as well as he did before the season, a determination made by the league’s neurologist at the University of Michigan.

The new policy states that a player that has sustained a concussion must be symptom free 24 hours before game time. Kobe Bryant will be or has most likely already been put through a series of these tests to determine whether or not he is fit to play under the new NBA concussion policy.

Chances are Kobe Bryant will be watching from the sidelines tonight in Los Angeles with the Lakers listing him as questionable against the Timberwolves.

However, according to the Lakers official Twitter account Bryant might be cleared to play Wednesday night.